Favre, Jules Claude Gabriel (1809‒1880)

Favre, Jules Claude Gabriel, a French Republican statesman, born at
Lyons; called to the Paris bar in 1830; a strong Republican, he joined
the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848; held office as Minister of the Interior
in the New Republic, and disapproving of the coup d'état, resumed
practice at the bar; defended the Italian conspirator Orsini (q.v.), and in 1870, on the dissolution of the Empire, became Minister of
Foreign Affairs; mistakes in his negotiations with Bismarck led to his
resignation and resumption of his legal practice (1809‒1880).